BESIGN The Sustainable Design School in Nice, in the South of France, is the only institution of higher education systematically linking design to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals from United Nations. We teach our students to act both for the human being and for the planet, using design processes to serve Sustainable Innovation. Our students understand that the call for the sustainable transition is a global issue and gathers the full commitment of creative minds from different backgrounds. Therefore, the education at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School is related to tangible problems, the proposed solutions are holistic, considering the complexity of the human society and the challenges related to the climate change.
INTAKE: September 2025
Admission criteria: Highschool degree
Duration: 3 years
Teaching Language: English
Bachelor’s degree Assistant Designer in Sustainable Innovation
Price: First year of the Bachelor level: 7.500€ (8.500€ for non-EU citizens). Second and third years of the Bachelor level: 9.600€ (10.600€ for non-EU citizens)
+ 400€ administrative fee (once)
INTAKE: September 2025
Admission criteria: Bachelor’s degree in Design, Architecture, Engineering or other creative profiles.
Duration: 2 years
Teaching Language: English
Degree: Our Diploma Designer en Innovation Durable (Designer in Sustainable Innovation) is recognized by the French national register of professional qualifications (RNCP), as a level 7 of the European qualifications Framework (EQF).
Tuition fee : First and second years of the Master level: 10.500 € per year (11.500 € for non-Eu citizens*).
400 € registration fee (to be paid once)
*European Union
Reduction of 400 € per year for Bachelor degree students BESIGN School.
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Scholarships for international students
You want to study at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School, but you need financial help? Our scholarship, granted by The SDS Friends endowment fund, is based on social criteria but also on excellence, your motivation and the relevance of your future plans as a Designer in Sustainable Innovation. The scholarship is limited to 1.500€ per study year, for a maximum of two years. To apply, you will need to provide us with your former degrees, the transcript of records, your CV and cover letter. For more information, please book a call with us.
University Côte d’Azur (UCA) is a community of schools, universities and institutions of higher education dedicated to research, education and innovation. BESIGN The Sustainable Design School is one of the founder members of UCA and remains an associate member. The spirit of our relation to the fellow UCA members, is to be constantly driven by the power of collaboration, and transversal competences for the sake of innovation. The diversity of the universities and institutions allow an exciting encounter between the teaching methodology, the professional skills, and the expertise. One of the major axes of UCA is to develop innovation and design, including all the new methodologies that are inherent to them. BESIGN The Sustainable Design School plays an important role within this context.
These companies apply Sustainable Design Innovation and are our partners
Agnès KUBIAK
Trends & stories
Angelo BISIGNANO
Entrepreneuship
Arturo BARRON
Graphic Design
Aymeric ALANDRY
Product Design / Design Studio
Amandine JUGLARET
Administrative Manager
Aurélie CLOÎTRE
Executive Assistant
Catherine LENGLET
Knowledge Design
Cédric CHAUVET
Head of Marketing & Communication
Christine TRUC MODICA
Systemic Design – Life Centered Design
Chrystel SIMONE
Circular Economy
Corentin LE GUAY
Electives
Cosette SALIBA
Design Futures, Trends and Innovation
Elodie PARENT RIQUET
Project team management
Emmanuel FILLOT
Design poetics
Fahem HMAIDI
French
Fanny ISNARD
Admissions officer
Florent RIGAUD
Workshop
Frédérique BISSERIER
Business & Marketing
Gabriella JARRATT
English
Gregory LUDDENI
Head of Student Life
Inken KREVET
Director of International Academic Relationships
Isabelle CUNHA DE ALMEIDA
Drawing
Jacques CHIRAZI
Biomimicry methodology
Jean GIRARD
Executive Director
Jérôme SCHMIDER
User experience
Julien CHARTIER
Design Project Sketching
Julien HOLTZER
Arduino + Design Challenge
Laetitia WOLFF
Design for Impact
Laurent BOUZIGE
Project Monitoring
Louise WETTERSTROM
Soft Lab / Fashion Design
Lucas RIHOUEY
Choregraphie and the nature of your experience
Mahé GAUCHEROT
Sustainable Design Culture
Marc VANPETEGHEM
Cofounder
Marianne MENSAH
Sustainable development goals
Märta WYDLER
Volumes shadows lights and color technics
Maurille LARIVIERE
Cofounder and Director
Michel BUFFA
Artificial Intelligence
Michel CALLOIS
Law and lndustrial properties
Patrick LE QUEMENT
Cofounder
Philippe COSTARD
Design Poetics
Philip NEMETH
Sketch/Rough
Philippe PEREZ
Design Studio & Digital Visualization
Samuel GRANGE
Semiotics of Design
Sandrine LEBAS
Academic Director
Saurabh BEDARKAR
Workshop
Tim RUMAGE
Systems Synergy and Symbiosis
Thibaut DESOMBRE
Maestro Session
Valerie SALONE
Project Management
Dr Véronique PILLET – ANDERLINI
Methodology, Research
Vincent GAUNORD
3D Rhino Design Project
Yannick LE GUINER
Design for sustainability
Plane
Nice Airport
Lignes 200 (towards Cannes)
Stop Val Fleuri
TRAIN
Cros de Cagnes station
+8min walk
(nearly 600m)
BUS
Line 9, 200, 400, 500
Stop Val Fleuri
Bike
Station n°317
+ 5min walk
(450m)
Our student association The Seeds – BDE was created in 2013, right after the foundation of BESIGN-The Sustainable Design School. Our objective is to create an active network, mingling students, and professionals, for collaborations in the field of association, events, projects, and international.
